As a layperson, you are not:"No individual, other than a member, in good standing, of the bar of this commonwealth shall practice law, or, by word, sign, letter, advertisement or otherwise, hold himself out as authorized, entitled, competent, qualified or able to practice law; provided, that a member of the bar, in good standing, of any other state may appear, by permission of the court, as attorney or counselor, in any case pending therein, if such other state grants like privileges to members of the bar, in good standing, of this commonwealth." 

And in this great country, specifically in the great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the great State of Wisconsin, we have this truly extraordinary thing called a functioning social compact backed by the rule of law.What I'm getting at is that you don't have what you rightly perceive as the burden of making the decision to evict them.

For purposes of this Act, the following definitions shall apply:(1) FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘financial institutions’’ means any institution including, but not limited to, banks, savings associations, credit unions, broker-dealers, and insurance companies organized and regulated under the laws of the United States or any State, territory, or possessionof the United States, the District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Commonwealth of Northern Marianas Islands, Guam, American Samoa, or the United States Virgin Islands, and having significant operations in the United States, but excluding any central bank of, or institution owned by, a foreign government.(2) SECRETARY.The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of the Treasury.(3) TROUBLED ASSETS.The term ‘‘troubled assets’’ means residential or commercial mortgagesand any securities, obligations, or other instruments that are based on or related to such mortgages, thatin each case was originated or issued on or before September 17, 2008, the purchase of which the Secretary determines promotes financial market stability; and, upon the determination of the Secretary in consultation with the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, any other financial instrument, the purchase of which the Secretary determines necessary to promote financial marketstability.

I have been to the Commonwealth real estate club a number of times, and do enjoy it.

When selling your PA property, please remember that the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania does not recognize a 1031 exchange (except for c-corps which follow the federal code).

I'm only going off the second paragraph as info and from that I can only advise that you look up the foreclosure, get the date and from there you can find the Trustee who sold the property, either an attorney or the sherriff in that county/parish/commonwealth.

What I have found is a very, verry, verrry recent case that you might want to watch as it unfolds.http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/melrose/2009/10/ag_coakley_cracks_down_on_melr.htmlIn this case the landlord told the section 8 client that she/he did not want to deal with the Section 8 program and the governments response was "We are facing critical housing needs in the Commonwealth and the strain on those needing rental or transitional housing assistance is particularly great,'' said Coakley.

If you end up getting some rentals in the area, I can provide an introduction to her as well.The lender is First Commonwealth bank.

In Virginia, we can do it online at our Commonwealth Office of the Clerk for $50. 

Every State and Commonwealth has their own laws (think State's Rights).Counties make have local rules, but not laws.Since there different types of probates (formal, informal, small estates) the timeline may also differ.In addition, with a formal estate the administrator will typically have certain interim powers that are not applicable for an infirmary probate PR.